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Edward Curtis Smith (S&B 1875)

Republican. Politician. Businessman. Attorney. Philips Andover*. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi). First Congregational Church, St. Albans

Society of Colonial Wars, Son of the American Revolution and Vermont Historical Society.

After serving as governor, Smith returned to his railroad, manufacturing and banking interests.

Since 1933, Chairman of the board,St. Albans Electric Light & Power Company, Franklin County Creamery Company, and St.Albans Cold Storage Company, all of St. Albans.[4]

Since 1918 - Chairman of the Board, Canadian Car & Foundry Company, Ltd.[4]

WW1 - 1915 to 1918 - Chairman of the board, International Explosives Company, Swanton, Vt.[4]

1914 to 1915 - Association of Vermont.[4]

1907 to 1918 - Sherman National Bank, New York City.[4]

Since 1903 - Chairman of the Board, Saint Joseph Lead Company.[4]

1901 - Honary degree from Norwich University.

6 Oct 1898 to 4 Oct 1900 - 47th Governor of Vermont. As governor from 1898 to 1900, Smith was a strong opponent of all efforts to regulate or tax corporations. In 1899 he officiated at the welcome ceremony in Bennington for Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Spanish–American War. Smith organized Old Home Week, the fair and festival designed to celebrate rural life and the Vermont roots of Americans living in other states.

Lieutenant: Henry C. Bates. Preceded by Josiah Grout. Succeeded by William W. Stickney.

Since 1896 - Chairman of the Board, New London Northern Railroad.[4]

1892 to 1914 - Chairman of the board, Welden National Bank.[4]

1892 to 1932, President, Since 1932, Chairman of board, People’s Trust Company.[4]

1891 to 1922 - Publisher St.Albans Messenger.[4]

Since 1891 - Director Guarantee Company of North America.[4]

1891 to 1892 - Member of the Vermont House of Representatives

1890 - Member Vermont State Legislature.[4]

3 Oct 1888 - Married Anna Bailey James, granddaughter of Amaziah Bailey James. (Justice of the New York Supreme Court (4th district) from 1854 to 1876, and was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1861 and 1869. He was a member of the preace convention of 1861 held in Washington D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.

1888 to 1899, Chairman of the board, Ogdensburg (N.Y.) Transit Company, New London Steamboat Company.[4]

1877 to 1888 - Member of law firm of Noble & Smith, St. Albans.[4]

1877 to 1883 - Attorney for Central Vermont Railroad Company , Director 1883 to 1886, Second Vice-President 1886 to 1891, President 1891 to 1896, Receiver 1896 to 1899, President of reorganized company 1913 to 1927, and Director since 1927.

1877 - Admitted to Vermont State Bar

1877 - LL.B. Columbia University.

1875 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]

Died 6 Apr 1935, from TBC. Age 81.

[1] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton (2004)

[2] - Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society 2008 by Antony Sutton, Howard Altman, Kris Millegan, Dr Ralph Bunch, Anton Chaitkin and Webster Griffin Tarpley

[3] - Skull and Bones Membership List by David Luhrssen

[4] - Yale Obituary - Page 24 (on the page 22)

[5] - Wiki - Edward Curtis Smith (S&B 1875)

[6] - Wiki - Father, John Gregory Smith